Webinar | VAE Surveillance: A Case Study on Reporting to National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
Join us for a Coaching Call where we will use a case study to demonstrate how to perform surveillance for ventilator-associated events (VAEs). Topics will include tools and resources to facilitate VAE surveillance and strategies for overcoming common challenges along the way. The Webinar will also include an overview of the key elements for VAE reduction.
Webinar | Thinking Differently: Infection Prevention and Healthcare Disparities
[caption id="attachment_4105" align="alignright" width="171"] Sharon Eloranta, MD George W. Merck/IHI Fellow Medical Director, Quality & Safety Initiatives, Qualis Health[/caption]
Webinar | Ventilator-Associated Events (VAE) – Part Two
Join the Quality Innovation Network National Coordinating Center (QIN NCC) as we host Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for a Ventilator-Associated Events (VAE) - Part Two educational webinar.
Webinar | What’s New? 2016 NHSN Surveillance Definitions
Do you know how National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) surveillance definition changes will impact you?
Webinar: Accelerating Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is an important cause of infectious disease death in the United States. C. difficile was estimated to cause almost half a million infections in the United States in 2011. Approximately 83,000 of the patients who developed C. difficile experienced at least one recurrence and 29,000 died within 30 days of the initial diagnosis. This webinar will discuss targeting and implementing CDI prevention strategies in the acute care setting.